Lugii

The Lugii were a large Germanic tribal confederation which inhabited southern and middle Poland from 100 BC to 300 AD. The Marcomanni ruler Marbod forced the Lugii to submit to his rule between 9 BC and 19 AD, but Marbod was overthrown in 19 AD with the help of the Cherusci. In 92 AD, the Lugii allied with the Roman emperor Domitian against the Suebi, and Domitian sent 100 horsemen to help the Lugii, the first time that the Romans entered Poland. The Lugii took an important role in the Marcomanni Wars, and, from 182 to 183, Emperor Commodus organized an expedition against them. In 279 AD, Emperor Probus defeated the Lugii in Raetia.